Indicator device



Feb. 24. 1925. x 1,527,786

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INDICATOR DEVI CEv Filed July 30, 1924Y QM @e sin,

Patented Feh. 1925.

P. COLE, SR., 0F PATERSO'N, NEW JERSEY.

INDICATOR DEVICE.

Application filed July 30, 1924. Serial No. 729,104.

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. COLE, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Paterson, in the countyof Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IndicatorDe vices, of which the followingis a specification.

In playing the game of golf the player in making a stroke is supposed tokeep his eye onv the ball, as the expression is, the idea being that byso doing he will not only the more. certainly and fairly hit the ballwith the club head but will avoid movements of his head and consequentlyof other parts of his body which will detract from the form of his swingand among other faults result in the ball, though fairly struck, beingcaused to spin, which produces afrighthand curve (slice) or a left-handcurve (pull) in its flight, so that the possible distance or directiondesired is not obtained. I have found in'practice that this customresults in another fault, to wit, that the player often strikes the ballwith the club too high, and this causes the ball to be badly mutilatedby the club head, especially if the club is one of lthe so-called ironsand as usual presents a sharp edge where it approaches closest to theground in the swing, and it sometimes causes an over hand spin of theball, which shortens its Hight.

The object of this invention is to provide an indicator or sightingdevice, which may be made and sold at little expense and which will notin any way interfere with the stroke, by the use of which the playermayobtain the necessary sightin for his stroke and also avoid hittingthe all so high as to mutilate it or spoil the shot. My invention tothis end consists in a sighting piece adapted to be arranged to projectfrom under the ball toward the player and having a sighting spot orother portion which the player can see in driving and means for securingor anchoring the device in centered relation to the ball.

My invention has been illustrated herein in connection with some form ofsupporting tee on which the ball is placed when the player makes certainstrokes in the game (usually the first stroke off the tee of each holeof the course) but broadly it is not indispensable that any sup ortingtee be employed in association wit it.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device shown associated with asupporting tee of the peg type in fre uent use;

Fig. 2 is a plan o? said device and the peg;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device itself;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a form'of said device associated with themore commonly used sand tee;

Fig. 5 is a plan of whatis shown in Fig. 4; Figs. 6 and 7 each show aplan and side elevation of other forms of the device asi sociated with asand tee;

Figs. 8 and 9 are a side elevation (partly in section) and a plan. of aform in which the-device embodies a supporting tee;

Fig., 10 shows in side elevation and plan another form in which thedevice embodies a supportin tee;

Fig. 11 s ows a modification of what is shown in Fig. l0.

Referring,first, to Figs. 1 to 3, a indicates a supporting tee of thepeg type, with. a

conical head a lon which the ball A. is adapted to be supported, and apointed shank a2 to be driven into the ground. This in this instanceaffords a suitable medium to whichto secure m device, which as shown inthe mentioned tigures consists of a strip of sheet material b which mayhave one end enlarged, as at b', and at the other end has a hole b2' toreceive the shank of the tee a; the latter end thus affords its securingmeans. The enlarged end b of the device b may be colored, as red, asindicated by the crosslining, so as to be conspicuous to the eye of theplayer. The device is of such length that when it is attached to the pegand lies on the surface of the ground, extending radially from the peg,its end b willl appear to the player (if his stance is correct). asclose to a straight line between the players eye and the periphery ofthe ball. In drivu ing, the player, keeps his eye on the visibleprojecting end b of the device Z instead of upon the ball, the result ofwhich is that in making the stroke the ball is not struck too high butsquarely on the face of the club. The device is intentionally li ht inweight so that should it be struck y the club it will not interfere withthe stroke and for this reason it is provided with means, as itsapertured end b2, whereby it may be readily secured in that correctposition in which it is centered with respect to the ball, as well a'slying flatwise with the indicator portion b squarely facing the player.l

In Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 instead of the peg type of supporting tee beingshown a supporting tee made in the 'conventional Way of sand or earth isindicated at c. In Figs. 4 and 5 the device of my invention is shown asa strip l of sheet metal having one end enlarged and conspicuouslycolored, as at d', and projecting downwardly therefrom is an anchoringshank d2, which may be a pin soldered to the underside of the strip. In`this case the shank is forced into the ground and the tee c is built upso as partly to cover the strip, leaving its end d protruding so as tobe sighted by the player as before. The only difference between theconstruction of Figs. 4 and 5 and that of Fig. 7 is that in the lattercase the device e, (having the con` spicuously colored end e) and itsshank e2 are both made from a single strip of sheet metal having one endbent back and under and then downward t0 .form said shank; thedifference in the construction of Fig. 6 over that in Figs. 4 and 5 isthat in the former case the pin is absent, the securing means beingafforded by the inner end f of the device f, which inner end is simplyembedded in the tee. in all these cases the device is readily centeredwith reference to the ball because it will be placed in radial relationto the tee c, its elongated shape serving to facilitate the centering.

. ln Figs. 8 to 11 the device and the supporting tee are formed as aunitary element. In Figs. 8 and 9 a truncated conical shell g, ofthin'material inverted and with its closed end recessed or dishedsomewhat at g to afford a seat for the ball A, forms the tee portion andprojecting from it is a tab g2 which may have a conspicuously coloredportion as shown to be sighted by the player, the same projectingradially from the basal edge of the tee. ln Fig. l() there is a disk hhaving up-st-anding centrally from it a cup it to form the seat for theball A, and this disk has projectingv from its edge a tab h2 which maybe conspicuousl colored, as shown, to be sighted by the p ayer; Fig. l1shows a construction which only diers from that last described in thatdepending centrally from the disk is a pin ha to be driven into theground. In Figs. 8 to 11 the centering of the device with reference tothe ball is of course due to the cup g or k being centrally located onthe disk.

The device will be usually arranged by the player so that the indicatorportion will project from under that side of the ball which receives theimpact of the club; or it may project toward the player. This is amatter of the individual choice of the player and is not of coursematerial to the invention. j

I claim:

1. A golf-ball sightin indicator consisting of a sighting piece aaptedto be placed under the ball and project from under the same into theline of vision of the player and having on the part so projecting aconspicuous indicator-portion visible by the player when the device isso positioned and also having means for securing it in centered relationunder the ball.

Q. A golf-ball sighting indicator consisting of an elongated pieceadapted to be placed under the ball in position to project radially fromits vertical axis and from under the ball into the line of vision of theplayer andfhaving a conspicuous indicatorportion visible by the playerwhen the device is so positioned and means to secure it fixed in suchposition.

3. A golf-ball sighting indicator consisting of an elongatedpielceadapted to be placed under the ball in position to project radially fromits vertical axis and from under the ball into the line of vision of theplayer and having a conspicuous indicatorportion visible by the playerwhen the device is so positioned and also having a depending anchoringshank.

4. A golf-ball sighting indicator consisting of a sighting piece adaptedto be placed under the ball and project from under the same into theline of vision of the player and having on the part so projecting aconspicuous indicator-portion visible by the player when the deviceispso positioned and iflstl) having a recess forming a'seat fory the alln testimony whereof I ai'iX my signature.

CHARLES lj.l COLE, Sn.

